Tag: Sweden
Hear about Birgitta Ed – Sweden's first lady
In this podcast you meet David Druid (appointed radio presenter of the year) and Katherine Zimmerman who were previously colleagues in Morgonpasset in P3. Here they meet again and talk about politics in their own way and little else. They also have Ekot's domestic political reporter with them Lova Olsson and the satirist Moa Wallin…
Ulf Kristersson and Magdalena Andersson on NATO membership
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) and Magdalena Andersson (S) hold a press conference about Sweden's NATO membership after the flag was raised on Monday. Ekot broadcasts directly.
Finland joins the Swedish and French navies in submarine threat exercises
Practices on the west coast of Sweden start on Wednesday.
Today the flag is being raised in Brussels – says Sweden's NATO ambassador before the ceremony
Today, the Swedish flag is raised outside NATO's headquarters in Brussels. The ceremony begins at 12.00 and on site will be, among others, Crown Princess Viktoria together with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, ÖB Micael Bydén, Defense Minister Pål Jonson and Foreign Minister Tobias Billström. Sweden's NATO ambassador in Brussels, Axel Wernhoff, is also present. Hear…
Karlavagnen about being born again when spring comes
Now the light is coming and spring is starting all over Sweden. In Karlavagnen with Mona Wahlund it is about rebirth. What does spring mean to you and what is reborn within you? How does it sprout with you or in you? Tell! 📞 020-22 10 30
Defense Minister: Sweden joining NATO will strengthen Finland's defense
Finnish Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen visited the Nordic Response military exercise with his Swedish and Norwegian colleagues.
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It has been a violent week with several explosions and murders linked to gang crime. On Thursday evening, a fatal shooting occurred in Bredäng in southern Stockholm. It cannot be ruled out that those who have done military service may be sent into battle at NATO's external border. Sweden's Minister of Defense Pål Jonson gave…
Maxida Märak – refuses to do as you say
Maxida Märak broke through as an artist about ten years ago, with a mix of joik, rap and electronic beats. Music has given her a platform in the public eye, which she does not hesitate to exploit. Above all, she has used it when it comes to Sweden's longest mining conflict, the one over the…
This is how Sweden contributes if a NATO country is attacked
Sweden starts on Friday as a full member of NATO and with that has left over 200 years of non-alignment behind. Now Sweden has NATO's defense guarantees at the same time that the country must help other NATO countries if they are attacked. Has membership increased or decreased the risk of Sweden being drawn into…
517: The liberals' diffuse red lines
The Liberals go to Karlstad for municipal days. It is a party in headwinds that gathers with tough opinion figures and difficulties in dominating the debate. How are the Liberals in 2024? And how has the position of the government affected their view of the Sweden Democrats? Fredrik Furtenbach has new figures on how bourgeois…
Stubb's first visit abroad as president to Norway for military exercises
The traditional first visit of Finnish leaders is to Sweden, which may finally join NATO on Thursday.
The military exercise apparently disturbs the weather satellite image of Lapland
The Finnish Air Force is participating in the ongoing military exercise in the northern parts of Finland, Sweden and Norway.
Why does Israel refuse to accept the Sweden Democrats?
Malin explains why Jimmie Åkesson is politics' answer to the child influencer Pontus Rasmusson. Fredrik's Jewish alter ego tries to become friends with the Sweden Democrats and Olle tries to understand the party's attempt to build a strong relationship with Israel. Could the answer to the question be hidden in the mysterious Hebrew calendar?
Elin lost fingers and legs – had to fight for her prostheses
Thousands need prostheses Diseases and traffic accidents resulting in amputations mean that thousands of people need prostheses – arms, fingers and legs. But the help you get depends on where you live. Caliber has reviewed the prosthetic care. – It is sad that it has to be like this and that there are people out…
Sweden chases the podium in the mixed relay
Biathlon14.45 Mixed relay (Alexander Lundholm, Uschi Disl and Jens Prytz) Hosts: Martin Marhlo, Andreas Matz, Selma Jennervall, Johan Bengts, Andreas Andersson and Emanuel Nashed
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The Speaker of Hungary has signed the document and thus the parliament's decision to approve Sweden's NATO application. A man has been arrested and detained on suspicion of murder after a man in his 20s was shot dead in Skärholmen in southern Stockholm on Friday evening. There is a feverish search for detention and prison…
This is how NATO affects Sweden's civil preparedness
NATO makes demands on Sweden and seven civilian capabilities in particular have been identified there. MSB's NATO coordinator Emmelie Andersson tells us what the requirements mean and how we are in terms of planning. In the program as well Eva Hagström Frisellresearch leader for the Total Defense Research Institute, FOI. Preparedness with P4 Extras Erik…
Acute shortage of hormone patches – Swedish women travel abroad
P4 Värmland reporter Annika Ström tells about the alternative society that arose online after the hormone patches started to run out in Swedish pharmacies. Swedish women tip each other about which other countries in the EU have them in stock, go on shopping trips and send plasters between them. The government has made several efforts…
516: Amanda Lind aims for the leadership position
Amanda Lind has announced that she is running for the new female spokesperson for the Green Party. Considering that Alice Bah Kuhnke has already refused, we wonder if the thing is therefore vegetarian steak. Hungary has become the last NATO country to ratify Sweden's accession protocol. Now a series of formalities await before Sweden formally…
This is what we know about the poison gas at the Säpo headquarters
At the end of February 2024, several employees at Säpo feel strange symptoms. They feel sick or have trouble breathing. Eight people end up in hospital. A gas alarm has gone off and it turns out that a deadly battle gas has been measured at the security police headquarters. The big question is why. –…
Propagate your plants using cuttings
Pernilla Månsson Colt and John Taylor Pernilla and John are two of Sweden's most prominent in the gardening field and are known from the SVT program “Trädgårdstider”. There we have heard their friendly chatter about most things related to cultivation, planting and pruning. Pernilla Månsson Colt is also the host of “Ring so spelare vi”…
This is how the children are affected by the harmful air at the preschools
Ekot's unique review shows that the outdoor air at half of Sweden's preschools is harmful. Every second preschool is located in a location where the amount of air pollution is harmful to children, according to WHO guidelines. Per Kudodig reporter at Ekot, tells how parents react to the fact that the children's outdoor environment can…
King Harald hospitalized – is he leaving the throne?
Hear the crown prince's own words about the state of father the king's health King Harald is in Malaysia to celebrate his birthday when he falls ill and is hospitalized. The alarm quickly goes off and his Norwegian doctor is called in a flash to the sick bed on the other side of the world.…
He researches the gangs: “Violent crimes fewer but worse”
Amir Rostami, professor of criminology, researches the development of crime in Sweden. Violent crimes are fewer now, but shootings, explosions and stabbings are at the same time worse than before. Some crimes, which used to fuel organized crime, have completely disappeared in Sweden, others are increasing by several hundred percent. But according to Amir Rostami,…
Hungary's parliament approves Sweden's NATO bid
© Provided by Xinhua The Hungarian parliament approved Sweden's NATO bid on Monday. Hungary was the last of the bloc's 31 members to lend its support. Sweden becomes the 32nd member of NATO. BUDAPEST, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) — Hungary's lawmakers on Monday approved a bill on Sweden's bid to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization…
Swedish envoy inaugurates street art project in Delhi, says 'proud of first mural'
New Delhi [India]February 27 (ANI): Sweden's Ambassador to India Jan Thesleff inaugurated a street art project between India and Sweden on Monday as both countries celebrate 75 years of diplomatic ties. He further expressed pride in the first mural existing in central Delhi. “I am delighted to be here at Khan Market to inaugurate a…
NATO countries refuse to support Macron's troops in Ukraine's claims
There are no plans for Western boots on the ground, several leaders have insisted Britain, Poland, the Czech Republic, Finland and Sweden spoke out on Tuesday against French President Emmanuel Macron's proposal that Western troops could be deployed in Ukraine. Although there was no consensus on sending ground forces, Macron said on Monday after a…
Ethiopia arrests French journalist
washington – A French journalist on assignment in Ethiopia is in custody after being arrested in the capital Addis Ababa. Antoine Galindo, who works for the Paris-based media outlet Africa Intelligence, was arrested at a hotel while interviewing Bate Urgessa, spokesperson for the opposition party Oromo Liberation Front (OLF). Police also arrested Bate, according to…
EU state threatens to neutralize the Russian region
Kaliningrad will be the first to bear the consequences if Moscow ?dare to challenge NATO? That's what Lithuania's envoy to Sweden says Western countries will “neutralize” Russia's westernmost exclave of Kaliningrad if Moscow seriously endangers NATO's security, Lithuania's ambassador to Sweden Linas Linkevicius has said. Linkevicius, who previously served as Lithuania's defense and foreign minister,…